“To wear dreams on one’s feet is to begin to give a reality to one’s dreams,” the French fashion designer Roger Vivier once said, or in the words of Kanye West:“Reebok, baby, you need to try some new things, have you ever had shoes without shoe strings?”

Antonio Conte’s frustrations with Chelsea’s inability to add significantly to their squad will not extend to expecting the club to overpay for “medium-level” players this summer, though the Italian is still hopeful his options will have been bolstered by the time the deadline passes at the end of August.

Thirty years ago this week, Pixar released its first computer-animated short film, and therewith started a new era. To honour the anniversary, we compare the success of the 17 animated feature films published by Pixar in the last three decades.

Let’s call it the curse of Baltusrol. Or perhaps the Baltusrol blues. The US PGA Championship could be destined for a Monday finish upon its return to the New Jersey venue at which Phil Mickelson triumphed in 2005. Eleven years ago, the Wanamaker Trophy was handed over on Monday because of weather delays.

Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of “bottling” the first head-to-head hustings with Owen Smith after it emerged that he has rejected a Channel 4 News debate organised by the Labour party that was due to be held on Monday evening.